Ramakrishnan Viraraghavan (RKV)

Ramakrishnan Viraraghavan (RKV) is a dual-qualified lawyer with 37 years of practice. He is a renowned Supreme Court litigator. He is also a Barrister in the UK and practices both in India and UK. He is also an arbitrator in international commercial arbitrations.

Viraraghavan has been time and again counted amongst the best Insolvency & Bankruptcy Lawyers in India and has successfully appeared in several precedent-setting matters. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court, National Company Law Tribunal, and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, prosecuting and defending cases under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code for petitioning creditors, corporate debtors, resolution applicants, and resolution professionals as an insolvency litigation lawyer.

He has an outstanding track record of practice in tax litigation, constitutional law, and civil and criminal matters. He has recently authored a commentary on GST Laws in India.

RKV is a resource person at the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, and frequently participates in orientation courses and all-India conferences for High Court judges and district judges.

RKV has been recognized as the best tax dispute lawyer. Therefore, under auspices of the National Judicial Academy, he has been invited to lecture the Customer Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) field officers and the Central Bureau of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

In addition to practicing in taxation and commercial laws RKV also practices in general and procedural laws, including the Transfer of Property Act, Civil Procedure Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Court Fees Act, Hindu Laws, Indian Succession Act, and Stamp Act. He handles matters in general law such as matters in the Supreme Court relating to partition, declarations, specific performance, rent control proceedings, criminal cases, quashing and bail.